Villar Prados Maria B, García De Jesús Ricardo, Fernández Sein Alicia, Iglesias García Manuel
Pediatric Critical Care Section, Department of Pediatric, UPR School of Medicine, San Juan, PR 00936-5067.
Bol Asoc Med P R. 2010 Jan-Mar;102(1):13-7.
Sickle cell disease (SCD) patients suffer complications requiring simple and/or exchange transfusion. In 1999 we developed an automated exchange technique using infusion pumps and vascular catheters (IV Pump Method).
To prove that IV Pump Method is cost-efficient, and as safe and effective as automated cell separators.
Retrospective chart review of SCD patients requiring exchange transfusion admitted to PICU from 2003-2009. Evaluated method used, complications, costs, and Hemoglobin S% (HgS%) change, excluding patients not requiring exchange transfusion.
Cost-reduction with IV Pump Method is around $1000. Average HgS% reduction using IV Pump Method was 30.3 vs. 28.8 in Blood Cell Separator group (p = 0.84). We had no complications or mortalities, with the majority of patients being male (p = 0.03) and on the oldest age group (11-19 y/o) for both methods.
The IV Pump Method is a safe, effective, and cost-efficient alternative to perform exchange transfusion.
镰状细胞病(SCD)患者会出现需要单纯和/或换血输血的并发症。1999年,我们开发了一种使用输液泵和血管导管的自动换血技术(静脉输液泵法)。
证明静脉输液泵法具有成本效益,且与自动血细胞分离机一样安全有效。
对2003年至2009年入住儿科重症监护病房(PICU)需要换血输血的SCD患者进行回顾性病历审查。评估所使用的方法、并发症、成本以及血红蛋白S%(HgS%)的变化,不包括不需要换血输血的患者。
静脉输液泵法可降低成本约1000美元。静脉输液泵法使HgS%平均降低30.3,血细胞分离机组为28.8(p = 0.84)。我们没有出现并发症或死亡病例,两种方法的大多数患者为男性(p = 0.03)且属于年龄最大的年龄组(11 - 19岁)。
静脉输液泵法是进行换血输血的一种安全、有效且具有成本效益的替代方法。